| Formation of the Volunteer Force | |||||||
| 1859: | 2nd Glamorganshire RVC raised 8th Glamorganshire RVC raised │ │ |
1st Glamorganshire RVC raised 5th Glamorganshire RVC raised 6th Glamorganshire RVC raised │ |
4th Glamorganshire RVC raised │ │ │ |
3rd Glamorganshire RVC raised │ │ │ |
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| 1860: | 10th Glamorganshire RVC raised 13th Glamorganshire RVC raised 16th Glamorganshire RVC raised │ │ │ |
7st Glamorganshire RVC raised 9th Glamorganshire RVC raised 15th Glamorganshire RVC raised 17th Glamorganshire RVC raised 18th Glamorganshire RVC raised │ |
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11st Glamorganshire RVC raised 12th Glamorganshire RVC raised 14th Glamorganshire RVC raised │ │ │ |
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| 1861: | 19th Glamorganshire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteers │ |
all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ |
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all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ |
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| 1862: | │ 12th Glamorganshire RVC ← 14th Glamorganshire RVC ← │ 2nd Administrative Battalion of Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteers │ |
11th Glamorganshire RVC ← │ │ │ │ │ │ |
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← 11th Glamorganshire RVC to ← 12th Glamorganshire RVC to ← 14th Glamorganshire RVC to │ 3rd Glamorganshire RVC │ |
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| 1864: | │ │ |
5th Glamorganshire RVC to → │ |
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→ 5th Glamorganshire RVC attached │ |
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| 1872: | │ │ |
6th Glamorganshire RVC disbanded │ |
4th Glamorganshire RVC attached │ |
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| 1873: | │ │ │ |
4th Glamorganshire RVC ← 17th Glamorganshire RVC disbanded │ |
← 4th Glamorganshire RVC to 5th Glamorganshire RVC disbanded │ |
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| 1878: | 20th Glamorganshire RVC raised │ |
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| Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force | |||||||
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| 1880: | consolidated as 2nd Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteer Corps |
consolidated as 1st Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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| The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms | |||||||
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| 1887: | 3rd (Glamorgan) Volunteer Battalion, The Welsh Regiment |
2nd (Glamorgan) Volunteer Battalion, The Welsh Regiment |
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| 1888: | │ │ │ |
2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Welsh Regiment │ |
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| 1891: | 3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Welsh Regiment │ |
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3rd Glamorganshire Volunteer Rifle Corps │ |
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| Creation of the Territorial Force | |||||||
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| 1908: | 5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment (TF) |
7th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment (TF) |
some personel to II Welsh Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) |
6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment (TF) |
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and The Glamorgan Royal Horse Artillery (TF) |
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| 1914/ 1918: |
1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment │ |
1/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, 3/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment │ |
1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, 2/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, 3/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment │ |
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| Creation of the Territorial Army | |||||||
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| 1921: | 5th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment (TA) |
6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment (TA) |
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| 1938: | │ │ │ │ |
6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment (67th Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │ |
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| 1939: | 1/5th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment (TA) │ |
2/5th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment (TA) │ |
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67th (Welch Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery |
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| 1942: | │ │ │ │ |
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67th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Welch) │ |
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| 1944: | │ │ │ │ |
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67th Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery (Welch) │ |
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| 1945: | │ │ │ │ |
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608th Regiment, Royal Artillery (Welch) │ |
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| 1946: | │ │ |
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suspended animation │ |
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| Resurrection of the Territorial Army | |||||||
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| 1947: | 5th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment (TA) │ │ |
16th (Welsh) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (TA) │ │ |
602nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Welch) (TA) │ |
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| 1954: | │ │ │ │ │ |
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merged into 282nd (Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) |
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| 1956: | │ │ │ |
6th Battalion, The Welch Regiment (TA) │ |
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| Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve | |||||||
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| 1967: | disbanded and formed elements of HQ Company, The Welsh Volunteers and 5th/6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Welch Regiment |
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